Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

acquiesce

 

to agree or assent without protest

 

Some employers appreciate employees who speak their minds openly; others can tolerate only those who acquiesce in the boss's ideas.

 

Related English words: acquiescence, acquiescent (acquiescing; inclined to acquiesce)

 

Latin root words: adquiesco, adquiescere, adquievi, adquietus - to rest; to be content; quiesco, quiescere, quievi, quietus - to rest

 

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